UNEMPLOYMENT in Bendigo has dropped more than two per cent over the month of July, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week.

The latest statistics show an unemployment rate of 6.2 per cent for July, a 2.5 per cent decrease on the June rate of 8.7 per cent.

The statistics show Bendigo's unemployment rate sits below the state average of 6.6 per cent for July but above the national average of 6.1 per cent for the same month.

Future Employment Opportunities general manager Justin Forrester said the unemployment rate tended to drop during June due to the end of the financial year.

"People don't tend to employ during June, and July often sees a jump because everyone has a new budget and reactivates," he said.

However, Mr Forrester said quarterly statistics were a better long-term indicator of the unemployment rate.

He said during last year's December quarter, central Bendigo's unemployment rate sat at 6.7 per cent.

Mr Forrester said his business worked with people in Eaglehawk to provide training, employment placement services and enterprise activities for job seekers of all ages in central and northern Victoria.